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123STA T . 1 495PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 09 toc o mple te as eco nd a ry sc h ool d i ploma or its reco g- ni z ede qu i v alent ), educational and career counseling, and postprogram placement services .‘ ‘ (F ) A demonstration program — ‘‘(i) that has as 1 o f its primary purposes the recruitment and acceptance of court-involved youth and adults as participants, volunteers, or mem b ers

and ‘‘(ii) that may serve any purpose other w ise per- mitted under this Act. ‘‘( G ) A program that provides education or j ob training services that are designed to meet the needs of rural communities. ‘‘( H ) A program that see k stoe x pand the number of mentors for youth in foster care through— ‘‘(i) the provision of direct academic mentoring services for youth in foster care; ‘‘(ii) the provision of supportive services to men- toring service organizations that directly provide men- toring to youth in foster care, including providing training of mentors in child development, domestic violence, foster care, confidentiality requirements, and other matters related to working with youth in foster care; or ‘‘(iii) supporting foster care mentoring partner- ships, including statewide and local mentoring partner- ships that strengthen direct service mentoring pro- grams. ‘‘( I ) S uch other national service programs addressing unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs as the C orporation may designate. ‘‘( 3 )I NDICATORS .— T he indicators for a program described in this subsection are the indicators described in subparagraph (C) of paragraphs (1), ( 2 ), (3), ( 4 ),or( 5 ) of subsection (a) or any additional local indicator (applicable to a participant or recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to meeting unmet community needs, that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. ‘‘(c) P RO G RA MM OD EL S F OR SER V ICE COR P S.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any activities described in subparagraph ( B ) of paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a), and subsection (b)(2), a recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national service program under section 121(b) may directly or through grants or subgrants to other entities carry out a national service corps program through the following program models

‘‘(A) A community corps program that meets unmet health, veteran, and other human, educational, environ- mental, or public safety needs and promotes greater community unity through the use of organized teams of participants of varied social and economic backgrounds, skill levels, physical and developmental capabilities, ages, ethnic backgrounds, or genders. ‘‘(B) A service program that— ‘‘(i) recruits individuals with special skills or pro- vides specialized preservice training to enable partici- pants to be placed individually or in teams in positions